• Modest Steps Could Add Up To Big Success For Clean Energy In 2013

    Updated: 2012-12-31 16:33:05
    : TRENDING Global Warming Oil Coal Climate Change Deniers Bill McKibben ThinkProgress Climate Progress Climate Progress Climate Economy Health Justice LGBT Security Alyssa Another Error-Riddled Climate Piece From The Wall Street Journal The Climate Story Of The Year From Sandy To Sandy Hook : The Moral Urgency Of Action Modest Steps Could Add Up To Big Success For Clean Energy In 2013 By Climate Guest Blogger on Dec 31, 2012 at 11:33 am by Noah Ginsberg , via the American Council on Renewable Energy Looking back at 2012, one thing is certain in the sea of the year†s uncertainty renewable energy experienced significant . growth The U.S . solar industry grew at a rate of 13.2  A global oversupply of solar panels lowered prices for American consumers , resulting in higher demand and

  • Bill Ryerson: The Challenges Presented by Global Population Growth

    Updated: 2012-12-31 15:28:15
    Bill Ryerson Interview: The Challenges Presented by Global Population Growth See: http://www.peakprosperity.com/podcast/80326/bill-ryerson Transcript: Chris Martenson: Welcome to another Peak Prosperity podcast. I am your host, of course, Chris Martenson. And today we welcome Bill Ryerson to the program. Now, I know Bill and have met Bill. And Bill is the founder and president of the Population [...]

  • Philippines president signs law easing access to contraceptives

    Updated: 2012-12-31 15:24:24
    Philippines president signs law easing access to contraceptives See: http://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-philippines-law-contraceptives-20121229,0,6905291.story By Kenneth R. Weiss and Sol VanziDecember 29, 2012, 1:18 p.m. MANILA – Philippines President Benigno Aquino III has signed legislation that will provide modern contraceptives to the nation’s poorest people and mandate sex education in public schools, a spokeswoman announced Saturday. Leaders of the [...]

  • The Secret History of Sex, Choice and Catholics

    Updated: 2012-12-31 15:19:59
    The Secret History of Sex, Choice and Catholics See: http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/article/2012/12/19/secret-history-sex-choice-and-catholics When people ask me why Catholics for Choice decided to make a movie, my answer usually starts with a story about a long train ride in the company of a prominent theologian a few years ago. I knew that this gentleman felt uncomfortable with many [...]

  • Big demand for reproductive health options met with inadequate offerings and services

    Updated: 2012-12-31 15:17:14
    Big demand for reproductive health options met with inadequate offerings and services See: http://www.yementimes.com/en/1635/report/1761/Big-demand-for-reproductive-health-options-met-with-inadequate-offerings-and-services.htm There are approximately 2,500 reproductive health centers in various governorates nationwide that are supported by the government. Comparative to private sector healthcare, these services are provided for free or heavily subsidized by the state making them easier to access for the [...]

  • ConservationBytes.com in review

    Updated: 2012-12-30 23:10:42
    The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for ConservationBytes.com. Here’s an excerpt: About 55,000 tourists visit Liechtenstein every year [bit random, isn't it?]. ConservationBytes.com was viewed about 280,000 times in 2012. If it were Liechtenstein, it would take about 5 years for that many people to see it. ConservationBytes.com had more visits than [...]

  • New York Times Pushes Obama On Climate: ‘He Needs To Do A Great Deal More Than…Foster A Conversation’

    Updated: 2012-12-28 15:00:50
    : . : TRENDING Global Warming Oil Coal Climate Change Deniers Bill McKibben ThinkProgress Climate Progress Climate Progress Climate Economy Health Justice LGBT Security Alyssa Another Error-Riddled Climate Piece From The Wall Street Journal The Climate Story Of The Year From Sandy To Sandy Hook : The Moral Urgency Of Action New York Times Pushes Obama On Climate : He Needs To Do A Great Deal More Than Foster A Conversation’ By Stephen Lacey on Dec 28, 2012 at 10:00 am Many were disappointed after President Obama’s first post-election press conference when he talked about the urgency of climate change and then immediately swept aside specifics for action in his second . term Days after , White House press secretary Jay Carney shot down the prospects for a carbon tax by saying the

  • sustainablog’s Top Posts from 2012

    Updated: 2012-12-27 15:53:58
    As we prepare for another year of publication (and the celebration of our 10th anniversay), we're taking a look back at what topics and posts did well during 2012.

  • Europe’s Best Recycling and Waste Prevention Program

    Updated: 2012-12-26 15:43:24
    Flanders, a region of Belgium, boasts the highest waste diversion rate in Europe. Decades of planning and policy making have made a huge difference in the region's ability to approach zero waste.

  • Can the oyster industry survive ocean acidification?

    Updated: 2012-12-26 14:03:29
    Can the oyster industry survive ocean acidification? See: http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.21/can-the-oyster-industry-survive-ocean-acidification/article_view?b_start:int=0 For four frustrating months in 2007, Mark Wiegardt and his wife, Sue Cudd, witnessed something unsettling at their Oregon oyster hatchery: tank bottoms littered with dead baby oysters. Usually, the larvae are grown until they’re three weeks old and a quarter of a millimeter in size [...]

  • Will Colleges Kick Coal out of Their Stockings?

    Updated: 2012-12-26 13:56:51
    Will Colleges Kick Coal out of Their Stockings? Students across the country are calling for colleges to divest from fossil fuels. But will the schools listen? -By Kate Sheppard and Tim McDonnell http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2012/12/will-colleges-kick-coal-out-their-stockings Can college students reshape energy politics in the US by reforming their colleges’ endowments? That’s the hope of idealistic students at 189 [...]

  • The mother behind kids’ long-shot legal crusade

    Updated: 2012-12-26 13:53:26
    The mother behind kids’ long-shot legal crusade See: http://www.eenews.net/public/Greenwire/2012/12/19/1   EUGENE, Ore. — For Julia Olson, it all started with “An Inconvenient Truth.” The then-thirtysomething environmental lawyer watched Al Gore’s climate change documentary while eight months pregnant with her second child. By her own admission, she “cried through the whole film” and spent several sleepless [...]

  • Debunking those myths on family planning

    Updated: 2012-12-26 13:47:12
    Debunking those myths on family planning See: http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Debunking-those-myths-on-family-planning/-/1218/1646890/-/6h6ekz/-/index.html Cancer. Deformed babies. Damaged wombs. These are just some of the fears that many Kenyan women associate with family planning. Fifty countries, Kenya included, look like they might miss the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 2015 deadline, especially those on cutting the mortality rates of young children [...]

  • United Nations bans female genital mutilation

    Updated: 2012-12-26 13:44:10
    United Nations bans female genital mutilation December 20 2012 | Ending Violence against Women | News                See: http://www.unwomen.org/2012/12/united-nations-bans-female-genital-mutilation/ The United Nations General Assembly today passed unanimously a resolution banning the practice of Female Genital Mutilation. This significant milestone towards the ending of harmful practices and violations that constitute serious threat to the health of women [...]

  • Cartoons: The Lighter Side Of Air Pollution

    Updated: 2012-12-24 16:00:13
    : : TRENDING Global Warming Oil Coal Climate Change Deniers Bill McKibben ThinkProgress Climate Progress Climate Progress Climate Economy Health Justice LGBT Security Alyssa Another Error-Riddled Climate Piece From The Wall Street Journal The Climate Story Of The Year From Sandy To Sandy Hook : The Moral Urgency Of Action Cartoons : The Lighter Side Of Air Pollution By Climate Guest Blogger on Dec 24, 2012 at 11:00 am by Dominique Browning Sometimes , you just have to laugh . As in , need to laugh…otherwise , the issues we are tackling each and every day here at Moms Clean Air Force start to weigh too heavily on our . hearts Our marvelous cartoons , by Liza Donnelly and Danny Shanahan never fail to deliver smiles . We can†t help but see the absurdity in some of the positions our

  • Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from sustainablog!

    Updated: 2012-12-24 14:53:40
    A very happy holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Joyous Kwanzaa, or whatever greeting works for you, to all of our readers from sustainablog!

  • Expanding Dust Bowls Worsening Food Prospects in China and Africa

    Updated: 2012-12-21 15:31:59
    When most people hear the term “dust bowl,” they think of the American heartland in the 1930s, when a homesteading wheat bonanza led to the plowing up of the Great Plains’ native grassland, culminating in the greatest environmental disaster in U.S. history. Unfortunately, this phenomenon isn't just relics of the past.

  • Merry Christmas!

    Updated: 2012-12-21 00:13:10
    Merry Christmas! Read more...

  • Cultivating a Better Food System in 2013

    Updated: 2012-12-20 15:32:28
    Danielle Nierenberg and Ellen Gustafson, founders of new organization The Food Tank, share their ideas for improving the global food system in 2013 and beyond.

  • Come Hang with sustainablog to Discuss Avoiding Crappy Last-Minute Gifts

    Updated: 2012-12-19 22:01:45
    For our last Hangout of the year, we'll discuss last-minute gift ideas that don't suck... for the recipient, or the environment.

  • Solar Powered Prisons in California Represent Big Savings for Taxpayers

    Updated: 2012-12-19 15:41:27
    The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation figured out how to save big on their utility bills: a solar power purchase agreement with SunEdison.

  • Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss XVII

    Updated: 2012-12-18 23:56:20
    I’m winding down here for the year (although there might be a few more posts before the New Year), so here’s the latest batch of 6 biodiversity cartoons (see full stock of previous ‘Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss’ compendia here). – Filed under: biodiversity, cartoon, climate change, conservation, environmental policy Tagged: biodiversity, biodiversity cartoons, carbon, [...]

  • Toward Zero Waste: Waste Pickers Running Biogas Plants in Mumbai, India

    Updated: 2012-12-18 15:05:51
    In Mumbai, India, a zero waste plan also supports the economic empowerment of impoverished women "waste pickers." This program also makes innovative use of biogas production facilities in dealing with organic wastes.

  • Make 2013 the Year You Actually Build that Wood Fired Pizza Oven

    Updated: 2012-12-17 17:16:07
    Ready to build that outdoor pizza oven, rather than just think about it? Consider attending a workshop at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage for hands-on training.

  • The Making of a Myth

    Updated: 2012-12-10 04:20:19
    A short video on Overpopulation: The Making of a Myth Read more...

  • Decline in Child Rearing – “Late-Modern Exhaustion”

    Updated: 2012-12-06 21:34:10
    An excellent opinion piece from Ross Douthat from NYTimes. Read more...

  • A New Royal

    Updated: 2012-12-05 05:16:31
    It appears that there will soon be another Royal addition to the world with the much anticipated news that the Duchess of Cambridge is expecting a baby. According to the BBC, one historian reported it as being the first "duty and ambition" of someone in Kate’s position to produce an heir because “marriages and births are crucial to the very survival of the ancient institution” which is the Royal family. Read more...

  • New Zealand: Ghost Towns and Emigrants

    Updated: 2012-12-04 00:22:10
    New Zealand's future: bigger, older, more Aucklandish... Read more...

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